Why fight the Holy Grail War? Let's play cards!

Matou Zouken gritted his teeth. His cursed wrist had the same effect. He hesitated for a long time before finally activating his own effect.

"Using [Matou Zouken], I'll release [Cursed Arm] instead! This damage is negated!"

"Don't worry, it will still be your turn. There are still two materials!"

Illya continued to activate the effect of the fanatic. This effect does not occur once per round. As long as there are enough materials, it can be activated one by one.

"Target [Matou Zouken] once again! Delusion Heart Sound!"

【Kuang Xinzi】1500→1000.

"what?"

Zouken Matou realized the gap in his deck. It was just one card, yet he was using all his strength. He'd have summoned the Servant himself if he'd known this was the case, otherwise he wouldn't have been so embarrassed. "I'm not going to be defeated so easily! Do you know why I sacrificed [Cursed Arm] to save myself? I'm using the Quick-Play Spell Card [Bug Magic Regeneration]!"

"Liberate myself! Special Summon two [Crest Bugs] from the deck in Defense Position!" Matou Zouken used the liberation to avoid the destruction effect.

Matou Zouken disintegrated, transforming into two engraved insects that fell to the ground. His true form reappeared in the main combatant's position as an insect.

[Marking Bug] Defense Road 500*2.

"Third time! Delusional Heart Sound!"

Zexinzi pulled out the last piece of material and destroyed one of the engraved insects.

【Kuang Xinzi】1000→500.

Because Shinji Matou is still on Illya's field, the two servants on the field are unable to directly break through the Marking Worms.

Zouken Matou breathed a sigh of relief. No matter what Illya summoned next, its attack power would be reduced by 500 points due to the effect of Shinji Matou, and the basic attack power of Hassan's deck was not high. Even if he could break through the Marking Worm, he could use the effect of the Marking Worm to survive another round.

In short, survive first.

"Old man, I'm sorry, you won't survive this round. Illya, win with full health!"

Illya declared her victory rate.

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Chapter 153: How to become a container.

"But before that, we need to deal with this thing."

Illya looked at Shinji Matou. The 500 attack power reduction was indeed quite damaging to Hassan.

"I activate the continuous magic card [Hundred Man Library]. Once per turn, this card can destroy a card on the field or draw a card at the cost of releasing a [Hassan Sabah]. I'm going to release [Fanatical]! Destroy [Matou Shinji]!"

"Because [Kyoushinko] destroyed it before [Matou Shinji], she has to enter the exclusion zone!"

Matou Zouken kindly reminded.

"You don't need to remind me. Thank you for your hard work, Miss Fanatic."

As the terminal of the Hundred Faces, Fantasy Nobuko had shouldered all the pressure, and now she could finally leave work. She transformed into a shadow and crashed into Matou Shinji, who lost consciousness again and returned to the core of the Holy Grail.

"Next is [Librarian of Hidden Knowledge]. Choose three cards from your graveyard, add one to your hand, and return the other two to your deck! I chose two basic [Hundred Faces] and a Host version. The card added to your hand is the basic version."

Because a new form has been added, there are slightly more options for coordination between the Hundred Faces cards.

"I Normal Summon [Hundred Faces] and activate her effect to Special Summon the two cards that just returned from the deck!"

The main feature of Baimao is to repeat the cards with the same name.

"[Bai Mao (Host)]"

Effect, declare a card type. I declared [Magic Card]!"

【Hundred Appearances】Attack power 800*2.

【Bai Mao (Host)】

Attack power 800.

The card turned over this time was [Quiet Hassan], and it still failed to be added to the hand.

"It seems like you're not very lucky."

Zouken Matou stared at Illya's last card. Hassan on the field now had a total attack power of 2400, and Illya's backfield did not seem to be a trap card that could only respond to attacks, because it was not triggered during the previous Curse Arm attack.

"It can't be considered bad luck, right? I activate my last card, the Quick-Play Magic Card [Pale Dance of Death]. Once per turn, I Special Summon a [Hassan Sabbah] from my hand in the Graveyard and select a Servant on the field and destroy it! The target I choose is [Quiet Hassan]! Destroy the [Marking Bug] on your field!"

The slender Hassan emerged from the shadows behind the Marked Bug, cut it in half with a single blow, and landed in front of Illya using the momentum of the charge.

【Silence】Attack power 1500.

If Serenity is not sent to the graveyard, Illya can also directly summon the last original Hundred Faces in the graveyard to increase the field attack to 3200.

Zouken Matou never expected that a [Book of Treason] would lead to his complete collapse. He unwillingly wanted to use magic to escape, but the rules of the duel were absolute. Before the end, he would not be able to escape from the duel space at all.

"Wait a moment! My Matou family still has a large collection of books. If you are willing to spare my life..."

In this timeline, Matou Zouken had witnessed many battles, and considering that Jiang You could directly take out the soul crystal, he knew that the statement of betting his soul was no joke, so he decisively begged for mercy.

"Confused... No, I've already said that. And if you die, Sakura will be the heir, right?"

It was indeed the same person, begging for mercy in exactly the same way. Jiang You knew nothing about magic, and even Medea's personal instruction was useless. He certainly had no interest in the collection of books, and would rather use them to improve Xiaoying's life and improve her favorability. As for money, the money provided by Mr. Atram was more than enough.

"So for Sakura, there's even less reason to keep you here!"

Speaking of Atram, since Jiang You's Master has been changed to Illya, he has lost his role as Jiang You's battery. Now he is working hard to help Medea maintain the current barrier. Of course, as a battery.

"Illya, do it!"

Jiang You did not forget that Illya was now leading the battle.

"So you said it was for another Master in front of your own Master, right?"

Illya rolled her eyes, she felt the need to make a few more demands in the dark game.

Besides the old bug, there were other things to do now, so Illya wouldn't ask Jiang You at this time: "A total of 3900 points of damage, Grandpa Matou Zouken, can you take it?"

Unfortunately, the Matou family's Bug deck lacked any Graveyard effects to block attacks, and without hand cards, there were no hand traps. Under Matou Zouken's resentful gaze, the Hassans surged forward.

Matou Zouken LP 2500 → LP 0!

A black hand stretched out from the darkness, grabbed Zouken Matou, ignored his pleas for mercy, and dragged him into the darkness.

[Battle Reward [Cursed Hassan]*1 [Regular Summon]*1 has been sent to your email, please check it.]

As expected, Matou Zouken provided the Cursed Arm card, allowing Jiang You Hassan's deck to expand again. The only pity was that the Soul Crystals he could obtain had already reached their upper limit, and he was quite envious of Matou Zouken's Soul Crystal (Medium).

"Next, we need to solve the problem of the Holy Grail."

Illya looked in the direction of Matou Shinji. His appearance made her feel disgusted. She was considering asking Minamoto no Raikou to release his Noble Phantasm to destroy this thing directly.

"Speaking of which, I have to thank Shinji-kun. If it weren't for him, I would probably be the container."

"Part of the reason I came here was to help you avoid this ending."

What Jiang You said is the truth. Players basically want a happy ending in the first round, even casual players are no exception.

"I actually think you have a lot of fun here."

Illya thought to herself, you knew to ask Ahad to transform his mother's body as a container, why did you forget when it came to me?

Jiang You panicked when he suddenly received a notification that his favorability had decreased.

Jiang You's reaction made Illya very satisfied, and she let Jiang You go for the time being.

"What are you going to do with this thing? It doesn't look like it can be used for playing cards, does it?"

"If I come into direct contact with the black mud, the Noble Phantasm's effects could have three possibilities: 1. It would directly target Zouken Matou, the culprit behind this outcome."

Jiang You had studied the effects of his own Noble Phantasm, but he was not sure about the attack of the Black Holy Grail now.

"2 is the Evil/Fallen debuff determination, directly pulling out the master of the black mud - Angra Mainyu."

"Aren't you sure?"

Illya frowned.

“It’s not like there’s no way to be sure.”

Jiang You thought of a method that Archer mentioned.

"What is it?"

"So, what should I do as a container?"

Shirou Emiya looked at the black mud spreading across the ground with an angry expression. He would never forget the burning flames and the smell of it; it was the source of the Fuyuki fire ten years ago.

"Let me think about it..."

Red A's knowledge was limited, and he gave an uncertain answer, "Drink it?"

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Chapter 154 Ying: For the sake of world peace, dig out your brother's heart!

"Will you drink it?"

Shirou Emiya looked at the black mud on the ground, wondering what he was thinking.

"How could I possibly drink it?"

Toosaka Rin still couldn't understand how Emiya Shirou, whose knowledge of magic was basically equivalent to that of an elementary school student, had managed to complete the inherent barrier. "No matter..."

When Toosaka Rin looked back, she found that Emiya Shirou had already picked up the black mud and looked like he was going to drink it.

"Are you really going to do this? There's hell ahead!"

Red A tried to stop Emiya Shirou in a hypocritical manner, and he looked very interested.

"Even so, I'm going to keep going!"

As expected, Emiya Shirou rejected Red A's suggestion and opened his mouth.

“You really drink!”

Toosaka Rin quickly knocked the black mud off Emiya Shirou's hand. When it came to things like saving the world, this guy's thinking became problematic. She kicked Red A again.

"No one will think you're dumb if you don't speak! Why don't you try drinking it yourself?"

"Will I drink?"

Red A touched his chin, as if he was really considering the feasibility.

"But I've never heard of a Servant acting as a container for another Servant. At most, they can borrow a spiritual base. And I have a feeling that something bad will happen if a Servant touches this thing."

"so--"

Toosaka Rin couldn't stand it any longer. She flew over and kicked Red A, who was still talking nonsense, to the ground. "After everything is over, I will give you a good tutorial on magic. The most important thing now is to connect you and the Holy Grail to form the 'Lesser Holy Grail'!"

"Becoming the 'Lesser Holy Grail'?"

Shirou Emiya has already learned from Tōsaka Rin the consequences of becoming the Lesser Holy Grail. This is simply putting his life in the hands of others, but he still did not hesitate at all.

"Tell me, what to do?"

"Matou Shinji must have been implanted with a key item that could become the Lesser Holy Grail by Matou Zouken. Such items are usually placed in the most important part of the body, most likely the heart."

Toosaka Rin looked at Matou Shinji's appearance, his flesh still growing. "He became like this because his own magic circuits are unable to support the function of the Holy Grail, and because it is not a legitimate Holy Grail."

Rin Tousaka continued, "If a normal magus were to serve as this incomplete Little Holy Grail, they would likely be affected by this 'evil of this world' and become a vessel for Angora Mainyu. First, we must pull Shinji-kun out of it."

"But we servants cannot touch this black mud directly. There is no place to stand if we want to get through it."

There was no problem with Red A's mobility, but if he came into contact with the evil of this world, his spiritual foundation would probably be reversed. He was not sure what he would become then.

"Rin, I can only rely on you guys in this situation."

Toosaka Rin looked at the black mud flowing on the ground. If possible, she really didn't want to step into it. But after all, she was the actual manager of the Fuyuki Spiritual Vein. "Got it, got it. I'll go pull that troublesome guy out."

"Let me do it. Even if there's an emergency, I can directly accept Matou Shinji-kun's heart."

Emiya Shirou had long been prepared to be a sacrifice, but he still didn't want to sacrifice others in order to save others. "But what if Matou Shinji loses his heart...?"

"How to do?"

Red A let out a look of disdain. He simply hated his own naiveté. "That's what a partner of justice is. Sacrificing others for the sake of salvation. Sacrificing this guy for the sake of the future—this deal must be worth it no matter how you look at it, right? Besides, it's obvious that he's become like this because of his own unwillingness. Everything is caused by him."

"But……"

"Don't say but! Are you going to let this guy spray black mud here?"